Seven species of pangolin could soon be federally protected thanks to a proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The world's most trafficked wild mammal, pangolins require huge amounts of care to rehabilitate. Here's how Stevie the pangolin was returned to the wild – and is now thriving.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Today is World Pangolin Day, an occasion to ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that seven species of pangolin be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Pangolins are often poached for their meat and scales. The World Wildlife ...

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The small, scaly, and highly endangered pangolin has been keeping a secret: it comprises not eight species but nine, with a new one discovered through analysis of confiscated scales. Scientists ...

Within Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Habitat Africa: The Forest, there is a creature that looks like a living pinecone, covered in keratin scales and equipped with powerful claws for digging into ant and ...

The rare Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) has been spotted for the first time in Sunsari District in eastern Nepal. This ...